Posterior reconstruction vs no posterior reconstruction: Urinary continence 3 months after surgery MCID: 5% absolute difference
Posterior reconstruction showed no clear difference in urinary continence 3 months after surgery MCID: 5% absolute difference compared with no posterior reconstruction (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Posterior reconstruction vs no posterior reconstruction Urinary continence 3 months after surgery MCID: 5% absolute difference · men (ages > 18 years) with clinically localized prostate cancer Posterior reconstruction showed no clear difference in urinary continence 3 months after surgery MCID: 5% absolute difference compared with no posterior reconstruction (low certainty). Posterior musculofascial reconstruction in robotic‐assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy for the treatment of… (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.98 [0.84, 1.14] | 6 studies · 842 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Posterior musculofascial reconstruction in robotic‐assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy for the treatment of clinically localized prostate… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.